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COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 14, 1997 1111 Council Member Bergeson asked for the total assessment on the south side of Lilac Street. Mr. Powell responded $424,302 less approximately $200,000. • Council Member Kuether asked how many property owners would be involved? Mr. Powell responded nine (9) on the south side not all of whom will receive a full assessment. Council Member Kuether also asked Mr. Powell for an explanation of the benefit to property under the Chapter 429 program. He summarized by stating that the property owner cannot be assessed an amount greater than the increase in value to his property based upon the addition of utilities. Council Member Keuther asked if the City would be responsible for property appraisals. Mr. Hawkins responded that it is generally assumed that installation of utilities results in increased value to the property equal to the improvements. He also said that no appraisals would be necessary. Council Member Lyden asked how many of the nine (9) property owners were in favor of going forward with the project and how many were against. Mr. Powell responded that he did not have a breakdown of those numbers. Council Member Bergeson asked what the highest assessment would be for the nine (9) property owners, to which Mr. Powell responded approximately $40,000. The lowest would be approximately $27,000. Council Member Bergeson then asked if property owners would be assessed upon connection or automatically upon installation of the utilities. Mr. Powell responded the lateral charges would be assessed automatically but area and unit charges only upon connection to the facilities. Council Member Kuether asked if there would be a problem with the City going ahead with the project at its own expense and allowing property owners to connect to the utilities as the need arises. Mr. Powell stated that funding would be the main issue. Council Member Kuether asked if Boe intends to hook up its existing building as well as the new building. She then stated that it was understood that Moline Concrete Products is interested in connecting to the utilities when MUSA becomes available, and that their assessment would be approximately $90,000. Council Member Bergeson asked if any businesses other than Boe Ornamental were prepared to connect to the utilities at this point. Mr. Ahrens said that of the five (5) other business he contacted prior to preparation of the feasibility report Boe was the only one that indicated interest in connecting at this time. Mayor Landers opened the public hearing at 7:18 P.M. Ms. Betty Ramsden, owner of Lino Lakes Blacktop, indicated to the Council that she is very concerned about this project. She said that she was not aware of the July 2, 1997 neighborhood meeting, and that her organization is not interested in connecting to the proposed utilities. She asked why Lino Lakes Blacktop was subject to such high assessment. Mr. Ahrens said the assessments are based on the size of each property as well as the opportunity for future property use. Council Member Kuether and Mayor Landers assured Ms. Ramsden that the project is not